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Minangkabau mosque circa 1892–1905 photographed by Christiaan Benjamin Nieuwenhuis. The Minangkabau Highlands (Indonesian: Dataran Tinggi Minangkabau, Minang: Minang Darek) is a mountainous area in the province of West Sumatra, located around three mountains—Mount Marapi, Mount Singgalang, and Mount Sago—in west-central Sumatra, Indonesia.
The Müller Mountains (Indonesian: Pegunungan Muller) are a mountain range in Central Borneo. The mountains extend along the northern border of Kalimantan, the Indonesia-administered parts of Borneo. [1] [2] The mountains are the source of the Kapuas River.
Satellite image of the Tibetan Plateau between the Himalayan mountains to the south and the Taklamakan Desert to the north. In geology and physical geography, a plateau (/ p l ə ˈ t oʊ, p l æ ˈ t oʊ, ˈ p l æ t oʊ /; French:; pl.: plateaus or plateaux), [1] [2] also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the ...
A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arisen from the same cause, usually an orogeny. [1] Mountain ranges are formed by a variety of geological processes, but most of the significant ones on Earth are the result of plate tectonics . [ 2 ]
[1] Jayawijaya Mountains Wildlife Refuge, also known as Pegunungan Jayawijaya Wildlife Refuge, covers part of the range. [2] The range's Eternity Glaciers are projected to vanish by the year 2026, due both to climate change and strong El Niño weather patterns. The glaciers' depth has declined from 32 m (105 ft) in 2010 to 8 m (26 ft) in 2021. [3]
At 3,805 metres (12,484 ft) above sea level, Kerinci is the highest volcano in Indonesia, and the highest of any situated on an island that is a part of Asia.Kerinci is located on the border of the titular Kerinci Regency of Jambi province and South Solok Regency of West Sumatra province, in the west-central part of the island near the west coast, and is about 130 km (81 mi) south of Padang.
[1] Dieng is surrounded by a series of mountains that stretch about 6 km (4 miles) from north to south and 14 km (9 miles) from west to east. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Dieng is the highest plateau on the island of Java , having an average elevation of more than 2,100 meters above sea level.
Highland Papua (Indonesian: Papua Pegunungan) is a province of Indonesia, which roughly follows the borders of the Papuan customary region of Lano-Pago (often shortened to La Pago). [6] It covers an area of 51,213.33 km 2 (19,773.58 sq mi) and had a population of 1,448,360 according to the official estimates as at mid 2023. [2]